Chose Surname
Approximately 958 people bear this surname
Chose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| United States | 194 | 1:1,868,345 | 121,641 |
| Botswana | 121 | 1:18,074 | 3,590 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Chosé (3) are calculated separately.
Chose (180) may also be a first name.
Chose Demographics
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Chose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chose (Arabic: آثر) occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found as: Chosé. For other possible spellings of Chose click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chose? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chose is the 374,029th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,607,042 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Chose live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chose is also the 679,247th most common first name in the world, held by 180 people.
The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 192,803. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 76 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Free State, where 2 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Chose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chose has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chose surname grew 259 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chose Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chose are 7.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.22% being registered with the political party.
The amount Chose earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.21% less than the national average, earning R 68,412 per year; in United States they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $46,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.04% more than the national average, earning $68,584 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chose in the Arabic language | ||
| آثر | athr | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chose
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